Table or desk



UNITED STATES WILLIAM HEMMER, OF NEWARK, -NEW JERSEY.

TABLE OR DESK= Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,939, dated July 25, 1865.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEMMER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inyented a new and useful Improvement in Tab es; and I do hereby declare that the following' is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the artto make and use the same,

reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my inven# tion, taken in the line x x, Fig.-2,and showing the top of the table when raised to its greatest height. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to constructa table'whose top can be raised at various an-A gles and heights, so as to provide a desk on which to write or draw, that will suit different persons either sitting or standing; and it consists in the employmentor use of a number of supporting frames or Ylegs so arranged that eachwill give to the top of the table a dili'erent height and inclination, as will be hereinv after described.

To enable others to understand my invention, I willv proceed to describe it.

.A representsthe body of the table, which may be of any desired shape or kind, and B is the stationary top secured thereon. To this top B is hinged another top or board, G, and to the .opposite end ofthe board() there is hinged another top or board, D. This latter is the top proper of the table, and is the one on which the writing to be done or the drawings to be made are placed.' When the table is closed these three boards or tops rest directly one upon the other.

I will describe the supporting frames or legs in the order relatively as they increase the height of the desk or table. y

E is au arm or frame, which is hinged to the board C near the edge where the saine is hinged to the stationary top B, and it is fitted to sink into a suitable recess provided for it in thel board C. l

To the frame E there is hinged a shorter frame, a, which may be from one to several inches in height, as desired. This is arranged to sink into a suitable recess in the frame E, When the table is closed and this frame a raised a slight inclination will be' given to the top D, which will give an angle to the said top about the'same as that ot' an ordinary desk.

Should the inclination of the top not be sulfieient by using the frame a, thefralne E may be raised, which will materially increase it; and to further raise the height of this frame or arm E, I have provided it with two thumbscrews,- b, one-at each end of the frame, so ar ranged that their ends will bear against the board D, and thus still further increase the inclination of the board D when they are screwed l out; The arm E isconnected by -a link-joint,

c'c, to the board C, which will compel it to remain inthe position iii-whichit may be placed. Theselinks also sink into the -recess in the board C. These frames orlegs having been adjusted as described, another pair et' legs or frames, F, canhe thrown out, the said frame F being hinged to the board O near the end opposite to that which-is fastened to the stationary'top Bfofthe table, and this frame is likewise arranged to sink into` a suitable recess provided for it in the under side ofthe board U; and the inclination ofthe table may be increased by screwing out a peg or foot, d, provided in each leg thereof, which feet rest on the board B or stationary top of the table. The topA oi' the table is now raised-to its highest point.

Thus it will he seen that by arrangingthe arms orlegs as I have described-various heights and inclinations can be given to the top ofthe table, so that it will suit different persons either sitting or standing, the whole being very convenient, andthe table, when closed, is not materially di'erent in 'appearance from an ordinary table, and it can be use'dfor thel same purposes. It will be found -a very, desirable article on which to plot or drama-and will not necessitate a draftsinan buying one designed particularly for that purpose.

l have described my device ,as connected with and making part of a table; but Ipropose making the boards O and D with all of their frames, 85o., as described, so that the whole may be attached to any table now in use and operated the saine as if usedwith a table com structed especially for its application.

What I elimini as my invention, and desire to 4f. The thumb-screws or screw-rods b and d, secure by Letters Patent., is in combination with the frames E and F, subl."Gonneetinf tbe boards D, C, and B tosiantially es described.

getbei as described, and for the purpose speel 5. The combination and. arrangement of ali tied. tbe parts, substantially as herein shown and 2. The arms or frames E and F, connected described. to the board U, substantially in the manner WILLAM HEMMER. and for tbe purposes herein specified. Witnesses:

3. rEhe frame or rest a, in combination with M. 'M LiVINGslON, Y

the frame E, substnntmiiy as described. PETER HEMMER. 

